Ctesilochus
4th century BCE) was a painter of ancient Greece. He was the pupil and perhaps brother of the much more renowned painter Apelles. Known primarily by a ludicrous, parodical picture representing the birth of Bacchus.
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Ctesilochus
- Occupation
- painter
- Teachers
- Apelles
- Languages
- Ancient Greek
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4th century BCE) was a painter of ancient Greece. He was the pupil and perhaps brother of the much more renowned painter Apelles. Known primarily by a ludicrous, parodical picture representing the birth of Bacchus.
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This stood out even to the ancients as a somewhat unusual choice of subject.
Training under Apelles is recorded. The recorded working language is Ancient Greek.
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